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Dual Entry
Front and side entry options adapt to different tarp configurations and conditions. -
Elbow Room
Near-vertical end walls and a deep tub keep fabric off your face and feet. -
Floating Tub
The tub suspends from its top corners to keep it taut and functional. -
Durable Floor
20D Silpoly with PeU coating and taped seams - selected to balance low weight with durability and puncture resistance. -
Modular System
Designed for the Cirriform; works with many A-frame tarps. -
Recycled Materials
Floor fabric, webbing, and thread are made from recycled materials.
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Description
net tarps 1P Bug Shelter for Tarp CampingQuick specs: Shelter weight: 278g 9. 8 oz Packaged weight: 314g 11. 4 oz Head width: 91cm 36" Foot width: 71cm 28" Length: 223cm 88" Height at head: 107cm 42" Combine with the 1P Cirriform tarp for a fully integrated, double wall shelter, the 1P Cirriform DW. Description 1P Bug Shelter a lightweight net tent for tarp camping The 1P Bug Shelter is the roomier inner for the Cirriform system that also works with many basic tarps. Near vertical end walls
Quick specs:
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Shelter weight:
278g | 9.8 oz -
Packaged weight:
314g | 11.4 oz
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Head width:
91cm | 36" -
Foot width:
71cm | 28" -
Length:
223cm | 88" -
Height at head:
107cm | 42"
Combine with the 1P Cirriform tarp for a fully integrated, double-wall shelter, the 1P Cirriform DW.
Description
1P Bug Shelter - a lightweight net tent for tarp camping
The 1P Bug Shelter is the roomier inner for the Cirriform system that also works with many basic tarps. Near-vertical end walls and a deep tub provide elbow room and keep fabric from encroaching on your face and feet while you sleep. It's built for hikers who spend most of their shelter time horizontal, but want a little more comfort when they're not - whether that's reading before bed or just having room to change layers.
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Elbow Room
The end walls rise nearly vertically at the head and foot, keeping the fabric off your face and feet while you sleep. The tub flares wider toward the top, providing more usable space than the footprint suggests - closer to a tent experience than our Bug Bivy.
Dual Entry
The side entry is the everyday option when paired with the Cirriform - easy to get in and out. Use the front entry when weather moves in to keep your sleeping area covered. With other tarps, having both options gives you flexibility depending on how you've pitched your tarp.
Pair it with a tarp
The Bug Shelter is designed to pair with the 1P or 2P Cirriform, and that's where it performs best. It also works with most tapered or flat tarps - for a good pitch, use a ridgeline at least 92" long, ideally longer for some end overhang. A 7' x 9' or 7'/5' x 9' tarp is about the smallest we recommend.
If you want an inner that pairs more easily with a wider range of tarps, the Y-zip Bug Bivy is the more versatile option.
Notes/FAQ:
- Do I need a groundsheet? A groundsheet is not required, but using one will help extend the life of any shelter floor.
- Do I need to seal the seams? No, the seams at the corners of the tub are taped.
- How much headroom does it have? The head apex sits at roughly 42" (107cm). Whether you can sit up comfortably depends on your height, torso length, sleeping pad thickness, and personal preference. Many hikers find it comfortable; taller hikers may want to think of it more as a glorified bivy.
- Can I use it without a tarp? The Bug Shelter provides no rain protection on its own. On nice nights, it can be pitched without a tarp using additional guyline or our stand-alone rigging kit - see the Set-up & Use tab for details.
- Will this work with a mid-style tarp? No - the Bug Shelter is designed for A-frame tarps. The height of the shelter makes clearance too tight under the sloping walls of a pyramid-style tarp.
Made in Vietnam and field-tested in Montana
Specifications
Weight
Bug Shelter: 278g | 9.8 oz
- Stuff sack: 10g | 0.35 oz
- Rigging: 26g | 0.91 oz
- Total Packaged Weight: 314g | 11.1 oz
Rigging Breakdown
- Included rigging:
- 15' x 1/16" shockcord: 10.1g | 0.36 oz
- 3' x 3/32" shockcord: 4.3g | 0.15 oz
- 4 Tensionlocks: 4.5g | 0.16 oz
- 6 Mitten hooks: 5.4g | 0.19 oz
- 2 Barrel cord locks: 1.4g | 0.05 oz
Dimensions
- Floor length: 88" | 223.5cm
- Height at head apex: 42" | 107.0cm
- Front width (at ground level): 36" | 91.5cm
- Front width (at top of tub): 38" | 96.5cm
- Height at foot apex: 22" | 56.0cm
- Rear width (at ground level): 28" | 71.1cm
- Rear width (at top of tub): 30" | 76.2cm
- Tub depth: 8" | 20cm
- Floor area: 19.6ft2 | 1.8m2
- Zipper length: Full width @ front, ~2/3 length along side, full height to apex
- Packed size: ~11" x 7" x 2" | ~28cm x 18cm x 5cm
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Durable, Lightweight Materials
The Recycled 20D Silpoly floor uses a silicone/PeU coating for added puncture resistance and reduced pad slippage. The corners of the tub are taped - no seam sealing needed!
No-See-Um mesh provides visibility and airflow while keeping insects out.
Canopy
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Ultralight, no-see-um mesh
- Weight:~17 gsm | ~0.5 oz/yd2
- Material: Nylon
- PFAS Free: Yes
- Color: Black
Floor
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Recycled, 20D Silpoly
- Weight:!45 gsm | ~1.23 oz/yd2
- Hydrostatic Head: ~2500mm
- Outer face coating: Silicone
- Inner face coating: PeU
- PFAS Free: Yes
- Taped Seams: Yes
- Color: Shark gray
Zipper
- YKK, Size #3
Webbing
- Recycled Nylon
Required items (not included):
The items needed to pitch your Bug Shelter will vary depending on your approach. See the Set up & Use tab for more info.
- A tarp: For rain protection
- Front Pole: At least ~44" (~111cm)(a taller pole is ok but you'll want to keep it under ~45" (114cm) if using it with a 1P Cirriform)
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Rear Pole: At least ~31" (~79cm)
(taller pole is ok) - Rigging: If you plan to pitch your Bug Shelter on its own (not under a tarp) you will need additional guyline or our Stand-alone rigging kit. If using tent poles or trekking poles without baskets, you may also need two of our guyline grommets (not needed with stand-alone kit). See the Set up & Use tab for more information.
Set up & Use
Pitching Instructions
Download the appropriate pitching guide and look through the rigging information below to get started with your Bug Shelter.
- PDF Pitching Guide - current version; v5 & v6
- PDF Pitching Guide - previous version; v4
- PDF Pitching Guide - previous version; v3
Rigging
Your Bug Shelter comes with the following rigging included. Use this rigging to connect your Bug Shelter to your tarp per the instructions below.
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1/16" Shockcord: 4.57m | 15'
3/32" Shockcord: 0.91m | 3'
This is enough to connect the Bug Shelter to the 1P Cirriform and many small to mid-size a-frame tarps. - Tensionlocks: 4
- Mitten hooks: 6
- Mini Barrel cord locks: 2
Installing the rigging at the Apexes
3/32" Shock cord is used to suspend your Bug Shelter from your tarp's apexes or ridgeline. Using 10" (25cm) at the head end and 20" (51cm) at the foot is a good starting point for use with the 1P Cirriform.
- Note: You will do the following twice; once for each end of the net-tent.
- At one end of the shock cord, tie on a mitten hook. We suggest a clinch knot.
- Thread the cord through the webbing loop at the net-tent's apexes (front to back at the head end, and back to front at the foot end).
- Pass the cord through a cord lock.
- Tie a loop on the loose end of the cord. We suggest a simple overhand loop knot.
Installing rigging at the corners
1/16" Shock cord is used to connect the top corners of the tub to your tarp's corners. We recommend installing tensionlocks (10mm size) at the floor's corners for easy adjustment. For use with the 1P Cirriform, start with lengths of 30" (76cm) at the front corners and 24" (61cm) at the rear corners.
- Using a girth hitch, install a tensionlock on the upper tie-out loop at each of the tub's corners.
- Tie a mitten hook to the end of each cord. We like to use a clinch knot.
- Thread the untied end of the shockcord through the tensioner as shown (first through the middle opening from bottom to top, then through the remaining hole from top to bottom).
- Tie a loop in the untied end of the cord. We like to use an overhand loop knot.
- Repeat at each corner
If you want to pitch the Bug Shelter by itself (without a tarp), there are two approaches:
- With additional guyline: You'll need six stakes, your poles and additional guyline for the apexes. 72" of line for the front and 60" for the foot is plenty. See guyline options here.
- Stand alone rigging kit: With our stand alone rigging kit, the Bug Shelter pitches with four stakes and your poles.
The pitching guide linked at the top of the page provides instruction on each method.
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★★★★★ 5
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Color: Black, Size: 6 Panel
Love it , just what so needed , easy to put together (some what ) …
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Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2026
★★★★★ 3
Decent for the price. Instructions suck but most people should be able to figure it out. More below.
Color: Black, Size: 6 Panel, Color: Black, Size: 6 Panel
SUMMARY:
3 stars from me because it's firmly average. It's fine for the price. Assembly and materials are alright but I can see some caveats depending on your circumstances. Assembly instructions do a subpar job of pointing out some details.
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS:
Maybe it's because I'm autistic and/or building model kits and assembling stuff is my jam, but I honestly thought people were exaggerating when they were complaining about the instructions and I'd be able to flex my ~superior assembly skills.~ I was wrong! These instructions genuinely suck, and whoever is responsible for making them should be ashamed.
The instructions do a poor job of calling out some details regarding orientation of parts, and some of the images do not actually match the physical parts.
For example, it does not really outline the assembly of the end panels clearly, and I can see someone accidentally using the wrong poles. I've drawn over a photo to show what you should do to try and make it clearer. Additionally, the manual shows a flathead screw for bolting the feet into position, but the actual screw is not a flathead. It also does not point out the counterbore, so if you aren't paying attention you may put the foot pads onto the wrong side of the foot. It's also missing the fact that you need to use another one of the plastic pieces when you finish assembling a panel.
ACTUAL ASSEMBLY & MATERIALS:
To their credit, all of my bags were clearly labeled. The assembly process wasn't difficult. It's mostly just tedious and requires a fair amount of space. I was able to assemble it by myself without any real difficulty. However, the way it's assembled means two things.
One, the fabric parts aren't removable without disassembly. So if you want to use this in an environment where they would require cleaning, I would seriously recommend looking for another option. Or, you could buy this just to use the frame pieces and then somehow buy or make your own fabric pieces designed to be removable with velcro or something.
Two, because of the materials I really don't have a lot of faith in this thing surviving disassembly and reassembly. Like a lot of sorta-cheap-but-convenient furniture, it uses those spring-button connections and plastic inserts with self-tapping screws. Those things are not really meant to be disassembled and rethreaded. It also relies a lot on the tension of the poles and the fabric to keep everything rigid and squared, which I think puts a lot of pressure on the aforementioned buttons, plastic inserts, and the hollow metal rods. So I feel like that will also cause issues with disassembly and reassembly.
Basically once this thing is assembled, it's not really meant to be disassembled. The best you can do is spot-clean the fabric if you need to.
Speaking of the fabric, I didn't see any labels on them or anything in the manual that says what they are, but they feel like some kind of polyester. They generate static electricity pretty easily, and pet hair and debris sticks easily. So that's another downside of them not being easily removable.
For the most part it does seem pretty stable. The poles seem to be pretty uniform in length so they're all making contact with my floor. Obviously this isn't structural so it shouldn't be supporting anything, but the two main feet seem to be doing fine with keeping this thing upright.
CLOSING THOUGHTS:
Really, it's fine for what it is, but it could be better in a lot of little ways and the substandard quality of the instructions just seems unprofessional to me, which is why I'm being so harsh with my rating. Depending on your needs and environment you may want to consider a different option. Preferably one that is made to be disassembled with better materials, and/or one with fabric pieces made to be removed easily.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2023
★★★★★ 1
Not as it seems
Color: Black, Size: 6 Panel
these are awful... Each individual panel is fine, but when you put it together it can barely stand up, and the clips that hold it together keep popping off. Steer clear of this item.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2026
★★★★★ 5
As described
Color: White, Size: 6 Panel
Works great in my clinic
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Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Very useful
Color: Black
I’ve been using this room divider to separate my space from my daughter’s, and it has worked out really well. It provides just the right amount of privacy while still keeping the room feeling open and comfortable. The design is simple yet stylish, so it blends nicely with our decor. It’s also lightweight and easy to move when needed, which is a big plus. The material feels durable and well-made, not flimsy at all. Overall, it’s a practical and attractive solution for shared spaces, and I’m very happy with this purchase. I would definitely recommend it to others.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2026